Kelley School Of Business Indiana University)
What is 'Kelley School Of Business - Indiana University' The Kelley School of Business, the business college of Indiana University, offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in many fields, including finance, accounting, marketing and management. It is one of only three schools to have all of its graduate and undergraduate programs ranked in the top 20 by...
Hawala
What is hawala Hawala is an informal value transfer system that is often used in countries where formal banking systems are not well developed. Under the hawala system, money is transferred between parties through a network of hawaladars, or money brokers. There is no paper trail associated with hawala transactions, which makes it attractive to those who wish to avoid...
Halloween Strategy
What is a 'Halloween Strategy' A Halloween strategy is an investment technique in which an investor sells stocks before May 1 and refrains from reinvesting in the stock market until October 31, in order to increase capital gains. The Halloween strategy is based on the premise that most capital gains are made between October 31 (Halloween) and...
Hardening
What is 'Hardening' 1. A term used to describe a price of commodity or futures contracts that is gradually stabilizing. 2. A futures market that is slowly advancing in prices. Explaining 'Hardening' 1. After a rise or fall in prices, a slow return to historically accepted levels is considered a hardening. ...
Hard Stop
What is 'Hard Stop' A price level that, if reached, will trigger an order to sell an underlying security. Hard stops are set at a constant price and are inherently good until cancelled. A hard stop is used to protect the downside of holding an investment by always being active, and is only triggered once the price...
Hard-To-Borrow List
What is a Hard-To-Borrow List A hard to borrow list is inventory utilized by brokerages to identify securities that are not available for borrowing for transactions that are short-sale. The hard-to-borrow list of a brokerage firm gives an up-to-date list of securities which one cannot short. The security may be on the hard-to-borrow list because it is in short supply...
Heating Degree Day (HDD)
What is 'Heating Degree Day - HDD' The number of degrees that a day's average temperature is below 65oFahrenheit (18o Celsius), the temperature below which buildings need to be heated. The price of weather derivatives traded in the winter is based on an index made up of monthly HDD values. The settlement price for a weather futures...
Harvest Strategy
What is a ‘Harvest Strategy' A harvest strategy is a business plan for reducing or completely eliminating investment in a particular product, brand, or business line because a company's management has determined that the expense of attempting to boost sales any further would not be justified by the likely future revenues from the product or brand line. A harvest strategy...
Hedge Clause
What is 'Hedge Clause' A provision included in published financial reports that indemnifies the author, or authors, against any responsibility for any errors, omissions, or oversights contained within the report. Hedge clauses can be found predominately in analyst reports, company press releases and on most investing websites. A hedge clause is also known as a "disclaimer"....
Hard Loan
What is 'Hard Loan' A foreign loan that must be paid in the currency of a nation that has stability and a reputation abroad for economic strength (a hard currency). Explaining 'Hard Loan' For example, a loan agreement between a Brazilian company and an Argentinean company where the debt is to be paid in...